Auction 102
Oct 24, 2017
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 24:

Imrei Shefer by Meir She'en. 1914.


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Imrei Shefer by Meir She'en. 1914.

'Imrei Shefer': Poetry and song, for morals and lessons ... as a memory for my estate ... Meir She'en. At the end of the manuscript: Rosh HaShana Eve, 1914.

Specifications: 336, XXIV leaves, paper. 14X22 cm.

Unique Features: In the introduction, the author praises creativity in the Hebrew language, and criticizes those who wrote in inferior Hebrew and write Hebrew literature "Full of delusions, works of wooers and matters of darkness, " he tells of his history and distress which brought him, at the advice of his friends, to collect all his writings into this work, and explains the reason for the name of the book.

Meir She'en, son of Yaakov Simcha and Mrs. Raizel, son-in-law of Rabbi "Wonderous Torani and rabbinic ... Rabbi Moshe Ungar, ztz"l." As arises from the book, the author was exposed to learning the Hebrew language and began to write poems and letters in it under the influence of youths who learned with him in yeshiva. He was an author, cantor and slaughterer many years in the service of his community. In his later years, after he was fired due to false claims and found no source of livelihood, he came almost to the point of having only a loaf of bread. Also, he still had a daughter left and was without means to marry her off. A picture appears before the title page.

Condition: Detached title page. Very fine condition.